Our story starts in the summer of 2022. Katie was in the height of her dating app season, praying she would soon meet the man God had picked out for her. Brendyn just moved back to NW Indiana a few months prior and decided to download the dating app Hinge for the first time. Katie was one of the first girls that Brendyn matched with and his first comment on one of her photos was “Are you real?!” :) Brendyn took Katie on their first date to Sunda, an Asian fusion restaurant, in the neighborhood River North. We hit it off so well that we didn’t want the date to end so we went to Flight Club after dinner, which is a darts bar in the Loop (Katie won hehe). Afterwards, we walked along the Chicago Riverwalk, grabbed a brewski and chatted about our hopes and dreams. Safe to say we had lots of fun together and it was just the beginning!


In the Fall of 2022, Brendyn moved to Chicago for a year to be closer to Katie and continue growing the relationship <3 We had so many fun memories and late nights out bar-hopping on Wells St.


Brendyn proposed on 6/5/24 while we were on a two and a half week long roadtrip in California and he popped the question at a gorgeous winery in Sonoma! The proposal was absolutely beautiful, Brendyn did the perfect job planning out all the details! Now here we are GETTING MARRIED!!!!


What a blessing it is to love and be loved!